CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Position Title: Cost and Rate Analyst
Job Number: 80250
Group: General Accounting
Reports To: Director Costs, Rates & Forecasts
Job Family: Finance & Accounting
Date: May 1, 2001
Corporate Mission: “We will consistently exceed the expectations of our customers for the delivery of natural gas and electricity.”
Family Contribution / Finance & Accounting: In support of the Corporate Mission; Responsible for applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports. Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions. Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position. Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement. May establish, modify, document, and coordinate implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures. May approve transactions and make recommendations to operating management regarding project progress. In addition to accounting functions, this job family includes budgeting, taxes and internal audit functions. Accounting for gas and electric energy as well as setting tariff rates for these services is also included. Risk Management activities are also part of this family.
Individual Contribution:
In support of the Corporate Mission and Family Contribution;
Under general supervision will have direct responsibility
for the compilation and analysis of data and in the preparation of analyses,
studies, reports and filings with regulatory agencies and other outside
agencies, relating to several of the functional responsibilities of the Costs,
Rates and Forecasts Division. Analysts
will be expected to develop considerable expertise in their areas of assigned
responsibility, and to prepare and present expert testimony in regulatory
proceedings. Design and administrate
rates for all services rendered, and prepare modifications of the Company's
tariff, as needed.